Viktor Kupreichik (1949-2017, 67 years old) of Belarus won the individual gold medal at the 15th World Student Team Championship in Ybbs, Austria) in 1968. He was awarded the GM title in 1980.
Andrei Sololovw (born in 1963) from the Soviet Union was awarded the IM title in 1982 and the GM title in 1984. He became a Candidate in 1985 amd was World Junior Champion in 1982, USSR Champion in 1984 and joint Moscow Champion in 1981.
In Candidates matches he beat Rafael Vaganian and Yusupov, but lost to Karpov on the Candidates Final in1987.
The game was played in the Bad Woerishofen Open Tournament. The event was won by Aleksej Aleksandrov with an 8-1 score. He was followed by: Amon Simutowe, Slobodan Martinovic, Sergey Kalinitschew,Ivan Farago, lerij Filippov. Yannick Pelletier, Sebastian Siebrech, Alexander Grafm Zoltan Vargam, Arkadij Naiditsch and Fabian Doettling with 7-2. Both Sokolov amd Kupreichik scored 6-3.
Their individual game was a wild one!
A game that I liked (Fritz 17)
Viktor Kupreichik2453–Andrei Sokolov25661–0B20Bad Woerishofen Open7Bad Woerishofen GER21.03.2001Stockfish 17
B20: Sicilian: Keres Variation 1.e4 c5 2.e2 (B20: Sicilian: Keres Variation) 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 (This is known as the Keres Variation because of his successes in 1943-1944 when he occasionally played it. Though it can transpose into regular lines if white plays 3.d4 it is considered an offbeat line. With 2.Ne2, white aims to develop the N to a more flexible square. From e2, the N can go to g3, f4 or d4. Its advantages are it's surprise value and its flexibility and it avoids the main lines and the heavily analyzed lines like the Najdorf, Scheveningen or Open variations. d6 3.g3 h5 Highly original! 4.d4 4.h3 e5 5.g2 c6 6.c3 g6 7.d4 g7 8.e3 with a slight advantage. Vallejo Pons,F (2650)-Nakamura,H (2644) Cuernavaca 2006 4...h4 4...cxd4 5.xd4 h4 6.gxh4 xh4 7.c3 a5 8.b3 e5 9.f4 h5 10.xh5 xh5 11.d5 equals. Romanov,E (2501)-Loskutov,O (2397) Moscow 2007 5.dxc5 g4 6.gxh4 c6 7.cxd6 exd6 This looks logical, but white now gets a good position/ 7...e5 keeps the balance. 8.g2 8.dxe7 f3# 8...e6 9.g5 xd6 8.f4 xh4 Aggressive, but somewhat risky play. 9.bc3 xe2 10.xe2 g5 11.e3 xe4 12.g1 b4+ 13.c3 xb2 14.b1 xa2 15.xb7 f6 After this black is in serious trouble because he needs f6 as an escape square for his Q. 15...ge7± was necessary. 16.c1 a5 17.xg5 xc3+ 18.d2 f6 with full equality. 16.c1 a5 17.xg5 d5 17...xc3+ fails... 18.d2 Note that f6 is now unavailable to the Q so... d4 19.b3 e4+ 20.d1 e6 21.b5 c8 22.c3 wins a piece. 18.b3 xc3+ 19.d2 b2 20.b5 White has a decisive advantage. c8 This akkows a mate in 15...not that it matters. 21.e2+ e4 22.xd5 22.g4+- b1+ 23.c1 f5 24.xf5 xc1+ 25.xc1 b4+ 26.f1 d2+ 27.xd2 c7 28.xc7 e7 29.xc6+ d8 30.d7# 22...b1+ 23.c1 b4 24.xc6+ xc6 25.b8+ e7 26.xb4+ e6 White is winning, but he must not get careless and take the R! 27.e5+ 27.xh8 xb4+ 28.f1 xd5 and black has completely equalized. 27...xe5 28.c3+ d6 29.xb1 xc3 30.d3+ c7 31.g3+ Black resigned. 31.g3+ d8 32.b8+ d7 33.b7+ e6 34.xh8 b6 35.e8+ d5 36.d7+ d6 37.xf7+ c6 38.c7+ b6 39.xc3 c6 40.b3+ c5 41.d3+ d6 42.b7 c1+ 43.d2 c7 44.xc7 a6 45.d7# 1–0
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